Today's Herald cover: not protest-worthy

Just got word of a protest at 1 Herald Square at 4 over the Herald's
"FADE TO BLACKO" cover today. Protesers say it was racist and offensive
to Boston's black community: "Michael Jackson was an icon and should be respected!"

I don't get it. Obviously, "Fade to Blacko" is just a hybrid of "Jacko" and "Fade to Black," neither of which has anything to do with race. Plus, while the Herald's hed doesn't strike me as particularly disrespectful, Jackson's freakish personal proclivities pretty much guaranteed that, when he died, his death would be just as much a spectacle as his life.